Efficient Transformation Method of Soybean Using Meristematic Tissues of Germinating Seeds

An efficient transformation method for soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] using meristematic tissues of germinating seeds has been established. The embryonic axes were excised from germinating seeds of Korean soybean cultivar, Iksannamulkong and 0.5-2 cm long segment containing meristematic tissues were prepared by cutting hypocotyl region. The explants were inoculated with Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain LBA4404 harboring a binary vector with the bar gene as a selectable marker gene and a ${\beta}-glucuronidase$ (GUSINT) reporter gene, and then co-cultured for 7 days on co-cultivation medium (CCM). The meristematic tissues were cultured on shoot induction medium (SIMP6) supplemented with 0.4 mg/l $N_6-benzylaminopurine$ (BAP) and 0.1 mg/l indolebutyric acid (IBA) in the presence of 6 mg/l L-phosphinotricin (PPT) for 2 weeks and the surviving explants were transferred to shoot elongation medium (SEMP6). Transformation was confirmed by Southern blot analysis and the transformation efficiencies ranged from 1.48 to 2.07%. The new modified transformation method was successfully implemented for obtaining several transgenic lines with SMV-CP gene. It is expected that this method could efficiently be used for the transformation of recalcitrant soybean cultivars.

발아종자의 분열조직을 이용한 효율적인 콩 형질전환 방법

${\bullet}$ 국내 품종에 적합한 콩 형질전환 방법을 확립하기 위해 배축 절단 방법을 새롭게 개발하였으며 이 방법을 통해 목적 유전자가 콩 분열조직에 안정적으로 도입되고 선발 과정을 거쳐 형질전환 식물체를 작성할 수 있었다. ${\bullet}$ 콩 형질전환체의 도입유전자 copy 수는 1~2개이고 세대 진전에 따라 도입유전자가 안정적으로 유전되고 있음을 확인하였다. ${\bullet}$ 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 배축 절단 방법을 사용하여 우리나라 환경에 적합한 우수한 형질전환 콩 품종을 신속하게 개발할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.